Choosing photocopied documents over originals could cost you
THE ruling of this topic goes to show how can a case -otherwise strong- go horribly wrong for a client and subsequently his lawyer....
Let’s be friends: Lawyers and opposing counsel
How good relations with opposing counsel can be advantageous
Offshore companies and the Panama Papers
Fallout of Panama Papers has got the world’s attention… but what exactly does it mean?
Nigel Goldman: Justice at last
Convicted fraudster could serve time in UK and Spain
Knowledge is power
Our legal go-to Antonio Flores reveals all you need to know about Spain’s money merchants
Presidential perks
Antonio Flores asks if presidents of communities of owners can receive remuneration?
Only fit for ‘chicken thieves’
Spain is the conman’s paradise and it doesn’t look like that will change anytime soon, writes Antonio Flores
Thousands of life insurance policies could be voided
Supreme Court rules life insurance bond for investment could be declared void
Banc-no Popular: Up to 300,000 Banco Popular shareholders to sue for their lost investment
BACK in 1993, the London-based IBCA rating company, later absorbed by Fitch Ratings Inc., hailed Banco Popular as the most profitable bank in the...
Payback time for banks after Supreme Court ruling
100,000 British investors could be in line for a payout
Law in action
Resolution to residency cases in record time gives hope to foreign investors, writes lawyer Antonio Flores
Taxing times in Spain: How to avoid a tax inspection
Lawyer Antonio Flores explains how to avoid the ‘terror’ of a tax inspection
A dying business
Changes to EU inheritance law simplified by Antonio Flores
The urban myths surrounding the law in Spain
From public nudity to insurance for red cars
Buying property in Spain: When the liability falls on the lawyer
Antonio Flores on the importance of a lawyer when purchasing property
Time for a divorce in Spain?
Antonio Flores, of Lawbird, tackles the tricky questions about ending a marriage
The responsibilities of will executors in Spain
Certain obligations must be fulfilled
Law by numbers
Lawyer Antonio Flores casts a whimsical eye over the latest judicial figures to hit the streets
National Spanish press slam Marbella’s growing ‘trash and noise tourism’
ALERTED by groups of neighbours suffering from a small number of establishments throwing endless daytime parties with blasting music, Spanish national TV press has...
Spanish bureaucracy and tax loopholes
Antonio Flores, of Marbella-based Lawbird, explores Spain’s paperwork forests
Mind your language!
Mouthing off in Spain is putting your foot in it big-style when the law intervenes, writes Antonio Flores
Where there’s a will…
There’s a new way… as new EU regulations come into play
New squatting rules in Spain drastically speed up the eviction process
THE Senate has approved specific measures against illegal occupiers of private property.
Under the new bill, squatters will be served with an eviction notice...
Ten key facts on Spanish tax residency status
These ten points will help clarify the basis of tax residency status
Law and order: Rental agreements on foreclosed properties
Columnist Antonio Flores' advice on renting foreclosed properties
Behind bars in Spain
Antonio Flores of Marbella law firm, Lawbird, explores the controversies of a night in a cell
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AN expat is heartbroken after his 'beloved' Jack Russell disappeared into thin air this week.
Bruno Ferreira has launched an appeal to track down Zorro,...
